ÇATALHÖYÜK

The Seeds of Civilization
Smithsonian, Issue 05, May 2005
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Search for the Indo-Europeans
Science 27 February 2004; 303: 1323
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Why Anatolia?
Science 27 February 2004; 303: 1324
[DOI: 10.1126/science.303.5662.1324] (in News)
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Archaeology: Did Plaster Hold Neolithic Society Together?
Science 14 December 2001; 294: 2278-2281
[DOI: 10.1126/science.294.5550.2278] (in News Focus)
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Recent studies around a 9500-year-old settlement suggest it was built in the middle of marshland. How then did its inhabitants grow their food?

Archaeology: A Long Season Puts Çatalhöyük in Context
Science 29 October 1999; 286: 890-891
[DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5441.890] (in News Focus)
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The First Cities: Why Settle Down? The Mystery of Communities
Science 20 November 1998; 282: 1442
[DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5393.1442] (in News)
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The First Cities: Digging Into the Life of the Mind
Science 20 November 1998; 282: 1444
[DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5393.1444] (in News)
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ARCHEOLOGY AND HUMAN EVOLUTION

Seeking Agriculture's Ancient Roots
Science 29 June 2007: 1830 - 1835
DOI: 10.1126/science.316.5833.1830
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Brain Evolution Studies Go Micro
Science 2 March 2007: 1208 - 1211
DOI: 10.1126/science.315.5816.1208
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What makes the human brain unique? Researchers are coming up with new answers to that question as they shift their focus from large-scale brain structures to individual neurons and their complex wiring.

Radiocarbon Dating's Final Frontier
Science 15 September 2006: 1560-1563
DOI: 10.1126/science.313.5793.1560
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Evolutionary Genetics: Are Humans Still Evolving?
Science 8 July 2005; 309: 234-237
[DOI: 10.1126/science.309.5732.234]
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Brian Fagan Profile:
Archaeologist Leaves an Imprint on His Field—Without Research

Science 10 September 2004; 305: 1555
[DOI: 10.1126/science.305.5690.1555] (in News Focus)
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Becoming Human: Why Get Smart?
Science 15 February 2002; 295: 1225
[DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5558.1225] (in News Focus)
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Becoming Human: What Made Humans Modern?
Science 15 February 2002; 295: 1225
[DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5558.1225] (in News Focus)
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Could our species have been born in a rapid burst of change? Researchers from different disciplines are trying to find out.

Paleontology: The Case of the 'Forged' Letter
Science 13 April 2001; 292: 200
[DOI: 10.1126/science.292.5515.200] (in News Focus)
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Paleontology: Paleontological Rift in the Rift Valley
Science 13 April 2001; 292: 198-201
[DOI: 10.1126/science.292.5515.198] (in News Focus)
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Paleoanthropology: What--or Who--Did In the Neandertals?
Science 14 September 2001; 293: 1980-1981.
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OTHER SUBJECTS

The Baby Deficit
Science 30 June 2006
DOI: 10.1126/science.312.5782.1894]
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As fertility rates decline across the developed world, governments are offering big incentives for childbearing. Experts don't expect them to have much effect.

Intelligent design and evolution, let's have a debate
Los Angeles Times 2 October 2005
Let 'intelligent design' and science rumble.
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On Calypso's Island
Islands November/December 1997
Michael Balter succumbs to the charms of Gozo.
Photography by Flip Chalfant.

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A Park Bench in Paris
Bon Appétit August 1995
The Luxembourg Gardens are an oasis of quiet on the Left Bank. On Sunday, they're filled with people seeing the sights, relaxing with friends and enjoying some delicious bistro food.
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Peace, Love, and Fort Ord
Buzz August 1993
People say a lot of things about soon-to-be-shuttered Fort Ord, once the embarkation point for thousands of Vietnam-bound grunts. A great place to build an antiwar movement is not usually one of them.
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Illustration by John Swogger, 2004.